1). Provide an example of creativity from your own experience. How does it fit with the chapter's discussion of creativity?
In this chapter the section that I felt related most to an experience in my life was emotional barriers. An emotional barrier is when we "go out on a limb" to try something new. And I think that there are many situations in my life where I have taken a risk and gone out on a limb. An example in my life was when I started to date my best friend. We had a great relationship and thought that we should maybe start to date. I brought up the topic to him taking a risk thinking I may be shut down because I did not want it to ruin our friendship. We did decide to start to date and then about two weeks into the relationship we started to grow apart. I was not sure why we started to grow apart, but my feelings were hurt because I felt like I not only had lost a relationship but, I had lost my best friend. I brought it up to him and we both agreed that is was just a little awkward cause we were so used to being just friends. From then on our friendship started to deteriorate and we now do not talk very much at all. It is sad to know I lost a best friend because I went out on a limb to put more feelings and emotion into the relationship and then realized it was a mistake. I was because we put our emotions out there and did not think of what to risks were and now realize it was a foolish mistake and we both looked foolish.
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I understand where you’re coming from when you think it’s not a big deal to take that next step from a friendship. My cousin had a best guy friend for about 3 years and they had met through a party in a different state. Anyways, her situation was interesting because he wanted to take the next step and after a few months, it became awkward because they currently live in different cities and do not see each other as much as they want. It’s sad because the relationship was rocky and he decided he might have made the wrong decision and he didn’t want to lose his best friend. They still keep in contact (more than usual) and also see each other once a month, but the pain is still there for my cousin because she still loves him. Sometimes when someone else goes out on the limb and you agree, the outcome can still be hard to deal with for you because it makes it that much more upsetting that they would do that. Thank you for sharing your personal story in your post!
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ReplyDeleteGreat Job on your post! I think many times we are afraid to try to new things because of how we will end up feeling once we make a decision or do something that involves risk. I liked your personal example and I think that the idea of emotional barriers transcends into all the different areas of our life, especially when it involves other people because often we let our emotions control our thoughts. Our emotional barriers are probably even more difficult to overcome when we have a lot more potential of looking stupid (like in a group or public setting) or if something we care about is at stake. Personally, I think the easiest way we could overcome our emotional barriers is by thinking about all the possible outcomes of what we are about to do or say and if the risk is worth the reward.